DJ1935 Report post Posted December 3, 2009 I read an earlier post here some time ago about selling on consignment and noted the replies with a bit of interest as I have nearly all of my work out on consignment in five shops within 100 miles of home. The last shop to take some of my belts was a new craft/cafe in town, well presented and in a good position for foot traffic. The Cafe was well patronised and very popular. This morning I received a phone call from one of the staff at the craft shop asking me to please come down and pick up my goods asap today. I had no reason to travel in to town today so asked if tommorrow would be alright. No, today! No explaination. I carried on working until lunchtime and then grudgingly drove down to the shop. The Cafe was boarded up and shut and the craft shop doors closed. Upon knocking I was let in and met by something I've never seen before. There were bouncer type guys in black suits dotted about watching a small number of artisans quickly packing up their articles and noting everything. It was obvious the place had been closed in a hurry, the staff were distraught. I was able to get my belts off the wall, after a bit of a confrontation with one of the men in black and was leaving the shop when the very upset owner came over. She was determined to see all the Artisans get their goods back before the end of the day - if we left it till later we would not have got anything. This was certainally a wake up call for me - will be reviewing my position on consignment after today! DJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildrose Report post Posted December 3, 2009 SCARY! Thank God you got your stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyL1 Report post Posted December 3, 2009 Wow! Keep us updated on why the shop closed so quick. Interesting to say the least! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cem Report post Posted December 4, 2009 Definately sounds strange, in Oz if somewhere is getting closed the police and baliff are usually the ones to attend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denise Report post Posted December 4, 2009 Glad you had a good owner who made sure you got your stuff back. My brother had something he made as a young teen on consignment. Shop closed. Never heard from them. No idea whatever happened to his work. Kind of affected his outlook on trusting people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
